Pavillion DV2000t Overheating

Im having a huge problem with overheating on my DV2000t. Whenever I play games, I usually hit 91 degrees c even with my notebook cooler. My notebook also shuts down randomly while I play games, im guessing its a overheating issue. I've had it for about 1 and a half years. I updated the bios and everything. I haven't cleaned the fans/heatsink yet. I tried doing it the other day, but I had trouble getting to the CPU fan and heatsink. The manual tells me I have to remove the monitor before I could completely take the case off. I do not have very much experience doing this and I do not want to further damage my laptop but I did get as far as to take the hard drive, keyboard, ram, and dvd rom drive off.

Will it be ok for me to just blow the fan out through the holes that I already made or should I just keep going and take the whole thing apart? Is there an easier way to get to the cpu and heat sink?

Is my random shut offs even a overheating problem?

 

Don't want to alarm you, I haven't researched it too much, but would this be one of the models they did a recall (service enhancement) on? There's a long thread in this forum on some of the models.

 

Go to Best Buy and purchase a can of compress air. Take the compress air and blow out all the vents on the laptop, both underneath and on the side, and underneath the keyboard as well.

 

I talked to an HP online support technician and they said that my laptop is not one of the models they are recalling, but im trying to figure out a way to get them to take my laptop back. I mean it is one of the models they're doing the recall on, but I'm not having the problem that they're recalling for.

I am going to get a can of compressed air to blow out my vents. I think im going to go through with just taking the whole thing apart to get to the cpu/heatsink. Anyone have experience with this? Any tips?

 

I recommend opening up the notebook itself and cleaning out the fans with a toothbrush. Compressed air isnt a guaranteed fix.

Read this guide first:

http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=228268

then also study the service manual here"

http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=228268

Its not exactly easy to do, so i suggest you read quite well and follow the instructions thorougly

 

Thanks for the link to the guide. Good guide btw. I'll try to do it by the end of this week

 

I've done this quite a few times. Blow the compressed air into the air intake and exhaust vents. Basically blow the air in both ways to ensure a good cleaning. I used to have the same issue before. Laptop used to shut down while playing games and fan used to be on overdrive. The cleaning worked like a charm. No issues since then.

As prevention, try to avoid placing your laptop flat on a carpetted area. This is what causes most dust to get into the laptop vents.

 

You should try reapplaying the thermal paste, using Artic Sylver 5. I will make a big difference. Since the one that most manufacturer's apply is not that good.